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As the year draws to a close, PBS NewsHour staff members suggest some of the books that made them slow down and enjoy reading this year. Photo by Getty Images

Arts May 10

Coalition of librarians, teachers and publishers forms to fight book bans

By Associated Press

Education Apr 06

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Push to purge some books from schools highlights nation’s cultural schism

A new report from the American Library Association shows that attempts to ban books in the U.S. surged last year to the highest level since the group began tracking book challenges 20 years ago. According to the study, most of…

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet

Education Mar 01

Banned Books
Book bans have reached levels not seen in decades — but nationwide activism to oppose them is growing, too

The wave of book bannings around the country has reached a level not seen for decades. So has the level of the response.

By Heather Hollingsworth, Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Nation Feb 24

Transgender rights activist waves a transgender flag as they protest the killings of transgender women this year, at a ral...
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Claiming abuse, Texas tries to prevent gender-affirming care for trans children

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the state's attorney general have directed state agencies to investigate families who provide gender-affirming medical care for transgender children. Dr. Stephen Rosenthal, a pediatric endocrinologist and the medical director of the Child and Adolescent Gender…

By Amna Nawaz, Matt Loffman

World Feb 02

76th Auschwitz liberation commemoration held virtually amidst COVID pandemic
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What Whoopi Goldberg’s Holocaust remarks can teach us about antisemitism

The history of the Holocaust has been part of school curriculums for decades, but how much Americans really know about it has changed. That was brought to light this week when comedian and actress Whoopi Goldberg made race remarks that…

Jan 27

Holocaust novel ‘Maus’ banned in Tennessee school district

By Associated Press

A Tennessee school district has voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language" and an illustration of a nude woman, according to minutes from a board meeting.

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Dec 11

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School librarians speak out against recent upsurge in attempts to ban books

By PBS NewsHour

Around the country, school librarians are reporting an increasing number of requests from parents and politicians to ban or censor books available to children. Nadra Nittle, a reporter for The 19th, a non-profit newsroom covering politics, gender and policy, documented…

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